More than half of employees in Cyprus report experiencing stress, placing the country among the most affected in Europe, according to new findings released Wednesday.
Data from Gallup’s workplace report shows that 56 per cent of workers in Cyprus experience stress, one of the highest rates in Europe, behind Greece at 61 per cent and Malta at 57 per cent.
Italy and Spain also rank high, at 51 per cent and 47 per cent respectively.
The figures come as global employee engagement drops to 20 per cent, the lowest level recorded since 2020.
Gallup warned that “stressed or disengaged employees are not only a risk to staff retention” but also threaten productivity, estimating losses of up to 9 per cent of global GDP.
The findings echo recent survey data in Cyprus pointing to broader financial and social strain.
A separate consumer survey found that nearly seven in ten households face financial stress to varying degrees, with rising living costs, loan burdens and stagnant incomes weighing heavily on daily life.
Gallup’s data also highlights a growing trend of “quiet quitting”, with 15 per cent of employees globally described as “actively disengaged”, meaning they have psychologically withdrawn from their work.
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